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Item No. 14-�
Date: June 23. 2014
Item/Subject: RESOLVE, Accepting and Appropriating a $400,000 Environmental Protection
Agency Grant for a Brownfields Assessment Program
Responsible Department: Community and Economic Development
Commentary: This resolve will accept and appropriate a $400,000 grant from the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the assessment of potentially contaminated sites.
This voluntary program works with property owners and developers to spur economic growth by
funding Phase I and Phase II environmental assessments. An RFP will be published to find a
qualified firm to assist with the identification and testing of sites within the City. This item was
reviewed and recommended for approval by the Business & Economic Development Committee
at its June 17, 2014 meeting.
Department Head
Manager's Comments:
City Manager
Associated Information:
Budget Approval:
Finance Director
Legal Approval:
Introduced for
Passage
First Reading
Referral
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Assigned to Councilor Durgin
CITY OF BANGOR
14-226
JUNE 23, 2014
(TITLE.) RESOLVE, Accepting and Appropriating a $400,000 Environmental
Protection Agency Grant for a Brownfields Assessment Program
WHEREAS, the City's application for Brownfields Assessment funds to the Environmental
Protection Agency has been awarded; and
WHEREAS, the program works voluntarily with property owners to assess potential
contamination in order to spur redevelopment and economic growth:
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BANGOR, THAT
The City Manager is hereby authorized to accept and implement grant funds in the amount of
$400,000 from the Environmental Protection Agency for Brownfields Assessment work.
IN CITY COUNCIL
JUNE 23, 2014
MOTION MADE AND SECONDED TO WAIVE FIRST READING
PASSED
ITEM MOVED TO NEW BUSINESS
MOTION MADE AND SECONDED FOR PASSAGE
MOTION DOUBTED
VOTE: 7-2
COUNCILORS VOTING YES: BALDACCI, BLANCHETTE, DURGIN, GRAHAM,
NEALLEY, PLOURDE, SPRAGUE
COUNCILORS VOTING -'NO: CIVIELLO, GALLANT
PASSED
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